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Crypto Class

Provides methods to generate hash values and encrypt passwords or other sensitive data.

System.Object
System.Web.Helpers.Crypto

Namespace: System.Web.Helpers
Assembly: System.Web.Helpers (in System.Web.Helpers.dll)

public static class Crypto

The Crypto type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	GenerateSalt	Generates a cryptographically strong sequence of random byte values.
	Hash(Byte[], String)	Returns a hash value for the specified byte array.
	Hash(String, String)	Returns a hash value for the specified string.
	HashPassword	Returns an RFC 2898 hash value for the specified password.
	SHA1	Returns a SHA-1 hash value for the specified string.
	SHA256	Returns a SHA-256 hash value for the specified string.
	VerifyHashedPassword	Determines whether the specified RFC 2898 hash and password are a cryptographic match.

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Remarks

This class represents a helper, which is a component that simplifies web programming in ASP.NET Web Pages. You can use the Crypto class to encrypt passwords and other sensitive data in order to prevent the data from being read if an unauthorized party gains access to the data.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Reference

System.Web.Helpers Namespace

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